Chapter 652: Express Delivery Across Planets
"Yes . I think it may be because their planet is too big. It is actually very difficult to push a huge planet for interstellar travel. But if it is a smaller planet, it will be much easier to push it."
Xu You likes all kinds of science fiction novels and movies, but it is undeniable that if you look into it carefully, many of the plots do not strictly conform to actual science.
For example, in "The Wandering Blue Planet", making the blue planet move is completely impossible with human technology level.
According to the technological capabilities of humans in the movie, using a planetary engine is not enough to push the blue planet to the required acceleration, and even changing the orbit of the blue planet is difficult to do.
Of course, science fiction and real technology cannot be compared with the same standards. In order to highlight the sci-fi beauty in the novel, some scientific rigor in the novel can be sacrificed when necessary.
"Lin Shi, since you want to talk, let's have a good chat. Suppose, for example, there is a serious survival crisis in the solar system, making it no longer suitable as a habitat for humans, similar to the situation in the movie "Wandering Blue Planet", then how will we solve this crisis?"
Lin Shi thought for a moment and said, "First, the most basic thing is to ensure that the human race can survive. Let some humans take the most advanced aircraft on Blue Planet, with sufficient resources, and fly to other star systems outside the Earth that are suitable for human survival."
Since Xu You did not have a strict hypothetical background of a survival crisis, Lin Shi’s first thought was that human beings must not be allowed to become completely extinct.
After listening to this, Xu You nodded, indicating that this was indeed a consideration that must be made.
After getting Xu You's affirmation, Lin Shi continued:
"Of course, the best case scenario is to be able to relocate all of humanity. If there are enough aircraft, that would be the ideal thing. But I think that no matter how advanced our aerospace capabilities are, it will be difficult to build enough aircraft to relocate eight billion people."
According to Blue Planet's current aerospace capabilities, every rocket launch would cost at least tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars to send just a few people into space.
Even if Blue Planet's aerospace capabilities could advance by leaps and bounds in a short period of time, it would still be difficult to meet the needs of eight billion people.
"Since there are definitely not enough spacecraft, moving the entire Blue Planet together, like in the movie 'The Wandering Blue Planet', is definitely one of the possible options. However, the mass of the Blue Planet is so large that it is very difficult to move it away from its original position and move at high speed . Even if we use up all the available resources, it is basically impossible to do it."
After Lin Shi's words reached this point, Xu You was looking forward to her next speech.
"But we are thankful that not far from the Blue Star, there is a perfect satellite called the Moon. We cannot send eight billion people to the distant outer space on spacecraft, but as long as our aerospace technology can develop rapidly, it is still possible to transfer eight billion people to the Moon. The Moon can be used as a giant spacecraft. The helium-3 resources on the Moon alone are enough to provide the power to move it, allowing it to carry eight billion Blue Star people and fly into outer space..."
After listening to Lin Shi's ideas, Xu You couldn't help but smile.
Because Lin Shi’s ideas are almost the same as Xu You’s own ideas.
Judging from the information currently available, the moon is likely to be a huge space station left behind by some alien intelligent life form near the blue planet.
This space station can also be used as a spacecraft. Although we don’t know how many stories are hidden behind it, the most important thing is to be able to continue civilization when necessary.
Seeing that Xu You just smiled and said nothing, Lin Shi quickly asked:
"Teacher, what do you think of my ideas? Are they a little ridiculous?"
Xu You quickly shook his head and said, "No, no, in fact, our ideas are very similar. I didn't say so much at the meeting just because I didn't want to cause panic. Although this direction sounds incredible, it is very likely something we will inevitably experience in the future."
After getting Xu You's affirmation, Lin Shi finally smiled.
"Teacher, do you think that humans will really face such a life-and-death moment in the future?"
"I can only say that this possibility definitely exists. There are still many secrets that we have not yet solved. If I just look at it from my personal point of view, I think we must make full preparations." Xu You said.
In the following period of time, the Shenzhou Space Administration will fully prepare for the next mission, and Xu You and others will also focus their main energy on the research of diving equipment.
All subsequent preparations went very smoothly. The Shenzhou Space Administration's tests on the aerospace fighter were very successful, and Xu You and others also successfully developed diving equipment suitable for the lunar environment .
This type of research is relatively simple, and the difficulties mainly lie in the various special environments on the moon.
Because of its special function, this device was eventually named "Gopher".
In addition to functions such as diving and climbing, the Mole also has very strong detection capabilities, which can enable it to conduct more detailed and accurate underground detection after entering deep geological areas.
Shortly after the Mole passed the test, the Shenzhou Space Administration decided to immediately launch the next rocket launch mission.
This time the rocket launch is still an unmanned space mission. The mission is to fly the Mole onto the moon using the Shenniao aerospace fighter.
Although the Shenniao aerospace fighter is not suitable for landing on the moon, the Mole can be delivered to the moon, and then the astronauts stationed on the moon will pick it up and transfer it to the vicinity of the black hole on the back of the moon to carry out underground exploration missions.
Using rockets to launch aerospace fighters is the fastest way, and this "express delivery" can be sent to the moon in about 24 hours, and its speed is even not inferior to the fastest express delivery on the blue planet.
After everything was ready, the Shenniao aerospace fighter began its new journey.
Regarding this space mission, the Shenzhou Space Administration did not disclose too much specific information to the public, only saying that it was carrying out some material transportation mission to avoid causing panic among people.
Even so, this mission still attracted the attention of many space enthusiasts.
"I heard that this time, the Shenniao will send a package to the moon, and it will only take 24 hours? I may not be able to achieve such a speed when sending packages in China."
